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Hollywood mysteries and scandals

Posted on 9/30/21 at 2:58 pm
Posted by DaleGribble
Bend, OR
Member since Sep 2014
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Posted on 9/30/21 at 2:58 pm
Probably my favorite rabbit hole, going back to the Hollywood Babylon books. Just hoping to find some that I haven't heard about and see if anyone has an interest in stuff like this. Just to get it going, a couple that I find really interesting are what happened to Albert Dekker Albert Dekker
and whether or not David Durston killed Diane Linkletter and/or Carol Wayne. It seems pretty likely that he killed both of them,imo.

Diane Linkletter's death
Posted by Tactical1
Denham Springs
Member since May 2010
27167 posts
Posted on 9/30/21 at 3:16 pm to
Richard Gere…… and that gerbil.
Posted by Tigerbait2323
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2010
415 posts
Posted on 9/30/21 at 3:17 pm to
Rod Stewart and pumping his stomach
Posted by Hoodie
Donaldsonville, LA
Member since Dec 2019
3722 posts
Posted on 9/30/21 at 3:24 pm to
Katie Couric goes there with Rod Stewart

Stewart addresses the infamous story in an interview with Katie Couric, of all people.

This tale really had legs; I recall hearing it from a co-worker as late as the mid-1990s.
Posted by DaleGribble
Bend, OR
Member since Sep 2014
6821 posts
Posted on 9/30/21 at 3:51 pm to
Bobby Fuller's death is another strange one.

Wikipedia
Posted by Righteous Dude
Member since Oct 2017
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Posted on 9/30/21 at 4:45 pm to
Posted by DaleGribble
Bend, OR
Member since Sep 2014
6821 posts
Posted on 9/30/21 at 4:54 pm to
John Carpenter always seemed like the most likely suspect in the Bob Crane murder. But with what he was doing and how long he had been doing it, there's no telling who actually killed him.

This one's not really a mystery or scandal, but I just recently found out about Katey Sagal's dad being a director and getting decapitated in the early 80s when he went the wrong way exiting a helicopter at the Timberline Lodge(The Shining) when he was filming a tv miniseries.

Also didn't know that she had twin sisters that had a sitcom in the 80s.
Posted by nvasil1
Hellinois
Member since Oct 2009
17740 posts
Posted on 9/30/21 at 5:17 pm to
Jean Spangler

Not a name actress, but her disappearance has been tied to Kirk Douglas, the mob, and even the Black Dahlia killer. Peculiar case.
Posted by DaleGribble
Bend, OR
Member since Sep 2014
6821 posts
Posted on 9/30/21 at 5:35 pm to
That's another good one. The Black Dahlia and the Manson Family are two that I can't read enough about.

Another is Ted Healy and the rumors that he was killed in a fight with Wallace Beery, Cubby Broccoli(James Bond producer), and Pat DiCicco...who was also rumored to be connected to Thelma Todd's murder. But she was most likely killed by Roland West.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
20035 posts
Posted on 9/30/21 at 6:00 pm to
The Black Dahlia

Marylin Monroe's death

Natalie Wood drowning

Bob Crane murder

Sharon Tate and friends killing by the Manson family

Michael Jackson's death

Liberace and Rock Hudson dying of AIDS long before people spoke openly about being gay

David Caradine self asphyxiation while jacking off

The original Superman, George Reeves suicide/murder????

Long list of mishaps.
This post was edited on 9/30/21 at 6:02 pm
Posted by TomBuchanan
East Egg, Long Island
Member since Jul 2019
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Posted on 9/30/21 at 6:07 pm to
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Posted by Hennigan
Member since Jan 2020
1406 posts
Posted on 9/30/21 at 7:23 pm to
You can always go to crazydaysandnights.net and look for the old hollywood entries. Lot of crazy stuff.
Posted by RoyalAir
Detroit
Member since Dec 2012
7496 posts
Posted on 10/1/21 at 10:15 am to
The little girl from Poltergeist, Heather O'Rourke.

Based off of how she died, I think it's highly likely she was raped to death by Spielberg and his, uh, contemporaries.
Posted by blueridgeTiger
Granbury, TX
Member since Jun 2004
22280 posts
Posted on 10/1/21 at 10:40 am to
Add the Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle case to the mix.
Posted by VoxDawg
Glory, Glory
Member since Sep 2012
77633 posts
Posted on 10/1/21 at 10:43 am to
Posted by Hoodie
Donaldsonville, LA
Member since Dec 2019
3722 posts
Posted on 10/1/21 at 11:36 am to
Some speculate that Paul McCartney was somehow involved in Michael Jackson's passing. The motive would be the opportunity to acquire the rights to the Beatles' catalog. Jackson controlled the Fab-Four's music and this rubbed Sir Paul the wrong way.

A lot of money has been made off Beatles albums by Apple and McCartney since Jackson's death. Look deeper into this theory; it's quite interesting.
Posted by DaleGribble
Bend, OR
Member since Sep 2014
6821 posts
Posted on 10/1/21 at 11:45 am to
I'd like to know more about what happened to Anthony Fox...Johnny Depp's partner with the Viper Room. Supposedly, he found out that money had been embezzled and disappeared before he could do anything about it.

Johnny Depp ends up giving his shares in the club to his daughter and he still hasn't been seen since the day that he vanished.
Posted by DaleGribble
Bend, OR
Member since Sep 2014
6821 posts
Posted on 10/1/21 at 11:47 am to
Some of the mysteries and scandals from the silent era are really intriguing. I'd like to know if William Randolph Hearst really shot Thomas Ince, thinking that he was aiming at Charlie Chaplin.
Posted by BlacknGold
He Hate Me
Member since Mar 2009
12480 posts
Posted on 10/1/21 at 11:59 am to
anyone know a good podcast that dives into these things?
Posted by BlacknGold
He Hate Me
Member since Mar 2009
12480 posts
Posted on 10/1/21 at 12:02 pm to
quote:

Based off of how she died, I think it's highly likely she was raped to death by Spielberg and his, uh, contemporaries.


just read about her death. and, uh, boy does this seem like a leap
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